A picture taken on Sept. 29, 2017 shows a close-up shot of a man lighting a cigarette.Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP / Getty Images

A Winnipeg man is in police custody after allegedly dousing victims with bear spray late Tuesday night.

Police were called to the area of Hugo Street and Corydon Avenue shortly after 11:30 p.m. after a victim was sprayed with bear spray.

Officers learned a man and a woman were walking in the area a few minutes earlier when they were approached by the suspect. Police say the suspect asked the woman for a cigarette and became agitated when she told the suspect he didn’t have one. Police say the suspect then yelled at the man and woman before spraying them.

Not long after, police say another woman was approached for a cigarette in the 600 block of Corydon. The suspect received a cigarette and, police say, then asked the woman if she wanted to buy drugs from him. As the victim tried to walk away, police say the man tried to stop her, brandishing a knife. The victim ran while the suspect allegedly tried to spray the victim, who was able to stop a car and call for help.

Dylan Scott Sinclair, 23, is facing several charges including robbery, two counts of assault with a weapon and two counts of possession of a weapon.

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